DIVISION 1. ADMINISTRATION [500. - 830.]
Division 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.
§§ 500–830 · 160 sections
CHAPTER 1. Department of Parks and Recreation §§ 500–563 · 45 sections
ARTICLE 1. Organization and General Powers §§ 500–514 · 17 sections
- § 500 As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation and “director” means the Director of Parks and Recreation.
- § 501 There is in the Resources Agency, the Department of Parks and Recreation. The department shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as…
- § 503 The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Natural…
- § 504 The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the…
- § 505 The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other…
- § 506 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director. The director may…
- § 507 There shall be one Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation who shall be a civil executive officer and shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at the…
- § 507.1 For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor in the manner he deems necessary to segregate…
- § 508 The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department is…
- § 508.5 Notwithstanding Section 14, or any other provision of law, the City and County of San Francisco shall be considered both a city and a county by the Department…
- § 509 Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or in error, or…
- § 510 The department may adopt, alter, change or amend any state master plan of shoreline development.
- § 511 The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may procure insurance on vessels owned or operated by the department against the usual…
- § 512 For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and…
- § 513 (a) The department, as a means of furthering the interpretive and educational functions of the state park system, may enter into an agreement to act…
- § 513.1 The department may provide space and facilities for schools to use for environmental education purposes within units of the state park system.
- § 514 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901)…
ARTICLE 1.5. Park Support Organization §§ 520–525 · 7 sections
- § 520 For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Park support organization” means a nonprofit organization that meets…
- § 521 (a) The department may enter into a statewide agreement with a park support organization to facilitate the implementation of reforms recommended by the Parks…
- § 522 The director and the Director of Finance, or their respective designees, may serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the park support organization’s board of…
- § 522.5 The park support organization is not a state agency or state body.
- § 523 (a) If the department enters into an agreement with a park support organization pursuant to Section 521, the department and the park support organization shall…
- § 524 (a) In order to advance the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 521, an agreement between the department and the park support organization…
- § 525 Nothing in this article shall be interpreted as a limitation on the ability of the park support organization to apply for, receive, or administer grants,…
ARTICLE 2. State Park and Recreation Commission §§ 530–546 · 17 sections
- § 530 (a) There is in the department the State Park and Recreation Commission. The members shall be selected as follows: (1) Nine members, as follows, shall be…
- § 531 The members of the commission shall be selected from areas distributed throughout the state and because of their interest in park, recreation, conservation,…
- § 533 In case of any vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. All appointments of members made when the Legislature is not in…
- § 534 The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until a successor is elected.
- § 534.5 The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall act as secretary of the commission and shall appoint such assistants as are necessary to carry out…
- § 535 The commission shall report annually to the Governor, through the director, on existing and operating recreational facilities, programs and activities of the…
- § 535.5 (a) The commission shall evaluate and assess the department’s deferred maintenance obligations. After public notice and at a public hearing, following a…
- § 536 The members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each day, up to a maximum salary of one hundred…
- § 538 The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation…
- § 539 The commission shall establish general policies for the guidance of the director in the administration, protection and development of the state park system.
- § 540 (a) The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of recreation of the people of the State of California as it affects and may…
- § 541 In accordance with the general policies established by the commission, and as requested by the director, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall: (a)…
- § 541.5 (a) The department shall not close, or propose to close, a state park in the 2012–13 or 2013–14 fiscal year. The commission and the department shall recommend…
- § 541.6 (a) There is hereby appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Water Supply, Flood Control, River and…
- § 542 The department may encourage and render assistance in the promotion of training programs for volunteer and professional recreation leaders in cooperation with…
- § 543 The department may assist every department, commission, board, agency and officer of the state in rendering recreational services in conformity with their…
- § 546 The director may authorize any employee of the department to exercise any power granted to, or to perform any duty imposed upon, the director.
ARTICLE 3. City of Pismo Beach Seawall Repair §§ 560–563 · 4 sections
- § 560 The department may participate or contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the County of San Luis Obispo, or the City of Pismo Beach, or any or…
- § 561 The department shall permit the United States, if it agrees to accomplish all or part of the work, to use the necessary real property, or any interest therein,…
- § 562 The department, with the approval of the Director of Finance and on terms satisfactory to the department, may advance moneys appropriated for purposes of this…
- § 563 Notwithstanding Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of the Harbors and Navigation Code and Part 6 (commencing with Section…
CHAPTER 2. Department of Conservation §§ 600–690 · 37 sections
ARTICLE 1. Organization and General Powers §§ 600–617 · 18 sections
- § 600 As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Conservation and “director” means the Director of Conservation.
- § 601 There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Conservation. The department shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the…
- § 603 The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Natural…
- § 603.1 The director is hereby vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Geologist as Chief of the California…
- § 604 The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the…
- § 605 The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other…
- § 606 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director. The director may…
- § 607 The work of the department shall be divided into at least the following: (a) California Geological Survey. (b) (1) Geologic Energy Management Division. (2) Any…
- § 608 The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the various divisions of the department federal grants for the purposes for…
- § 609 Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or in error, or…
- § 610 For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and…
- § 611 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901)…
- § 612 The department shall prepare, update, and maintain Important Farmland Series maps as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 65560 of the Government Code and…
- § 612.5 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the state’s public interest to have an accurate inventory of the state’s soil…
- § 613 The department, through the California Resources Information System and as budgetary resources permit, may provide informational assistance to local agencies…
- § 614 The department may do any of the following: (a) Advise a city, county, city and county, special district, including a resource conservation district, state…
- § 615 Grants administered by the department, including, but not limited to, those awarded pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001), Division 10.2…
- § 617 Upon an appropriation by the Legislature, or as other funds become available and are appropriated for these purposes, the department may provide grants and…
ARTICLE 2. State Mining and Geology Board §§ 660–678 · 18 sections
- § 660 There is in the department a State Mining and Geology Board consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
- § 661 As used in this article, “board” means the State Mining and Geology Board and “division” means the California Geological Survey of the department.
- § 662 (a) One member of the board shall be a professional geologist with background and experience in mining geology; one member shall be a mining engineer with…
- § 663 (a) No member of the board shall participate in any action of the board or attempt to influence any decision of the board that involves himself or herself, or…
- § 663.1 (a) For the purposes of this section, “ex parte communication” means any oral or written communication between a member of the board and an interested person…
- § 663.2 (a) No board member shall make, participate in making, or in any other way attempt to use his or her official position to influence a board decision about…
- § 664 Each member of the board shall hold office for four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor.
- § 667 Each member of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which the member is engaged in the performance of official duties. The…
- § 668 The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at such places as shall be determined by it. Five members of…
- § 669 The Governor shall designate the chair of the board from among the members of the board. The person designated as the chair shall hold the office at the…
- § 670 The board may appoint an executive officer who shall be exempt from civil service. The board may also employ the clerical assistance necessary for the proper…
- § 671 The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, ruling, or directive of the board.
- § 672 The board shall represent the state’s interest in the development, utilization, and conservation of the mineral resources of the state and the reclamation of…
- § 673 The board shall also serve as a policy and appeals board for the purposes of Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2621) of Division 2.
- § 675 The board may provide for a statewide program of research regarding the technical phases of reclaiming mined lands which may be delegated to it by law and may…
- § 676 The board shall provide for a public information program on matters involving the state’s terrain, mineral resources, mining, the reclamation of mined lands,…
- § 677 The board shall nominate, and the director shall appoint, the State Geologist, who shall either be registered in compliance with the Geologist and Geophysicist…
- § 678 The director may authorize the State Geologist to exercise his power to appoint employees of the division in accordance with the State Civil Service Act. The…
ARTICLE 3. Geologic Energy Management Division § 690 · 1 section
- § 690 The Geologic Energy Management Division shall be in charge of a chief, known as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
CHAPTER 2.5. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection §§ 700–783 · 70 sections
ARTICLE 1. Organization and General Powers §§ 700–717 · 20 sections
- § 700 As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. (b) “Department” means the Department of Forestry and Fire…
- § 701 (a) There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director…
- § 701.5 Notwithstanding Section 701, Section 12805 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 1987, the Department of Forestry…
- § 701.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 2007, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may be referred to, where…
- § 702 (a) Pursuant to Section 13100 of the Health and Safety Code, there is within the department the Office of the State Fire Marshal. (b) There shall be a Chief…
- § 703 The director shall appoint a cultural burning liaison who shall do all of the following: (a) Advise the department on developing increased cultural burning…
- § 705 The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the…
- § 706 The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other…
- § 707 Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or in error, or…
- § 707.1 (a) Any moneys recovered by the department in a civil action to recover state costs related to fire suppression, rescue, or emergency medical services pursuant…
- § 708 For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department, with the approval of the Department of…
- § 709 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 6 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director. The director may…
- § 710 The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, regulation, ruling, or directive of the board.
- § 711 The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department is…
- § 712 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law, and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section…
- § 713 The department is responsible for the fire protection, fire prevention, maintenance, and enhancement of the state’s forest, range, and brushland resources,…
- § 714 The department is responsible for all of the following: (a) Providing fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range protection and…
- § 715 The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall develop a program to certify active duty military…
- § 716 (a) Upon approval by the Department of Finance, the department may exercise the same authority granted to the Division of the State Architect and the Real…
- § 717 (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall establish a working group on expanding wood product markets that can utilize woody biomass, especially…
ARTICLE 2. State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection §§ 730–745 · 14 sections
- § 730 (a) There is in the department a State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by…
- § 731 All members of the board shall be appointed and shall be selected and approved for appointment on the basis of their educational and professional…
- § 731.1 The Legislature declares that some individuals appointed as members of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection are required to be chosen from…
- § 732 Each member of the board shall hold office for four years from the expiration of the term of his or her predecessor. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by…
- § 735 Each member of the board shall receive compensation for each day during which the member engaged in the performance of official duties, except that the total…
- § 736 The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at such places as shall be determined by it. Five members of…
- § 737 (a) A member of the board shall not participate in a board action pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 4601) or Article 9 (commencing with Section…
- § 738 The Governor shall designate the chair of the board from among the members of the board. The person designated as the chair shall hold the office at the…
- § 739 The board may appoint an executive officer who shall be exempt from civil service pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California…
- § 740 The board shall represent the state’s interest in the acquisition and management of state forests as provided by law and in federal land matters pertaining to…
- § 741 (a) The board shall appoint a Range Management Advisory Committee and shall consult with the advisory committee on rangeland resource issues under…
- § 741.5 (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the Range Management Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 741, in consultation with the Department of Fish and…
- § 743 State agencies shall submit to the board plans for, and the results of, all investigations that relate to, or have an effect upon, forest resource utilization…
- § 745 The board shall implement a public information program on matters involving forest management and shall maintain an information file on forest management…
ARTICLE 3. Professional Foresters §§ 750–783 · 36 sections
- § 750 This article may be known and cited as the Professional Foresters Law.
- § 751 The purpose of this article is to declare the existence of a public interest in the management and treatment of the forest resources and timberlands of this…
- § 752 (a) “Professional forester,” as used in this article, means a person who, by reason of their knowledge of the natural sciences, mathematics, and the principles…
- § 753 “Forestry,” as used in this article, refers to the science and practice of managing forested landscapes and the treatment of the forest cover in general, and…
- § 754 “Forested landscapes” means those tree dominated landscapes and their associated vegetation types on which there is growing a significant stand of tree…
- § 755 “Person” as used in this article means any natural person.
- § 756 Nothing in this article prohibits any person from engaging in those activities otherwise restricted to professional foresters, certified specialists, or…
- § 757 This article does not apply to a landowner who is a natural person and who personally performs services of a professional forester, when those services are…
- § 758 This article shall not be construed to authorize a registered professional forester to practice civil engineering as defined in Chapter 7 (commencing with…
- § 759 The board may by regulation adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
- § 760 The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every six months at regular meetings and may, as…
- § 760.5 The board may hire the clerical and secretarial employees, technical personnel, and other staff who are necessary and budgeted to properly assist the work of…
- § 761 The board shall keep a complete record of all applications for registration and certification and the board’s action thereon.
- § 762 The board may by regulation provide for the issuance of certificates of specialization in such fields of specialization as the board may by regulation…
- § 763 (a) The board shall establish an examining committee of at least seven members composed of the following, who shall be appointed by the board and serve at its…
- § 764 A person appointed to serve upon the examining committee shall receive, if requested, one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which that person is…
- § 765 The examining committee shall adhere to the rules and regulations of the board. An applicant for a license pursuant to this article who contends that they have…
- § 766 On and after July 1, 1973, it shall be unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of, or to use the title of, a professional forester without being…
- § 767 An applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall apply to the board. Such application shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in an amount fixed…
- § 768 The board shall require an applicant to demonstrate such degree of experience and such general knowledge of the profession of forestry as the board deems…
- § 769 An applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications: (a) Be of good moral character and have a good reputation for honesty and integrity. (b) Furnish…
- § 770 (a) Examinations shall be given by the board as often as it is deemed necessary, but at least every six months. (b) The examination may consist of both written…
- § 771 An applicant failing in an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and paying the application fee.
- § 772 Instead of being registered as a professional forester, an applicant may request to be registered as a certified specialist in one or more fields of forestry.…
- § 773 Licenses and specialty certificates issued pursuant to this article shall be valid for two years and shall expire on July 1 of each alternating year.
- § 774 (a) Issuance of a license may be denied if sufficient evidence is received by the board of the commission or doing by the applicant of an act that, if…
- § 775 The board may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, cause investigation to be made of the actions of any person…
- § 776 Any accusation against a registrant or a certificant shall be filed within five years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary action.…
- § 777 (a) If the board finds against the registrant, the board, in its decision, may terminate all operations of the registrant during the period fixed by the…
- § 778 A registrant or certificant is subject to disciplinary action who: (a) Has been convicted of a felony substantially related to the qualifications, functions,…
- § 778.5 The board shall develop criteria to determine whether a felony is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a registered…
- § 779 Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
- § 780 The fees received pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Professional Forester Registration Fund in the State Treasury, which fund is hereby…
- § 781 All fees received pursuant to this article shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for the administration of this article; provided, that in…
- § 782 The board shall establish by regulation the amount of fees within the following ranges, and based on a determination by the board of the amount of revenues…
- § 783 In case a person defaults in payment of the renewal fee, the person’s registration may be revoked by the board on 60 days’ notice in writing from the board,…
CHAPTER 3. Powerplant Siting §§ 800–801 · 2 sections
- § 800 It is the policy of the State of California that the location and operation of thermal electric powerplants shall enhance public benefits and protect against…
- § 801 In accordance with state policy, it shall be the responsibility of the Resources Agency to establish a program of research on improved methods of powerplant…
CHAPTER 4. Aquaculture Development §§ 825–830 · 6 sections
- § 825 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Aquaculture Development Act.
- § 826 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the state that the practice of aquaculture be encouraged in order to augment…
- § 827 The purpose of this chapter is to establish a policy and program toward improving the science and practice of aquaculture as a means of expanding aquaculture…
- § 828 As used in this chapter, “aquaculture” means the culture and husbandry of aquatic organisms, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, mollusks,…
- § 829 As used in this chapter, “director” means the Director of the Department of Fish and Game.
- § 830 As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Fish and Game.